Blood test for diagnosis of cancer cachexia

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Cancer Cachexia; Cancer , Lung-Non small cell; Cancer, Ovarian and primary peritoneal; Cancer, Bowel-Back passage(rectum) or large bowel (colon).; Cancer, Cervical (cervix).; Cancer - Lung - Non small cell; Cancer - Ovarian and primary peritoneal

• Registration Number: ACTRN12615000193572
• Lead Sponsor: ational Cancer Institute

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2015-02-27
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 321

Inclusion Criteria

Cases, from cachexia clinic at the national Cancer Institute, Cairo University who have cancer cachexia related to underlying non-small cell lung cancer, colon cancer, ovarian cancer or cervical cancer. Controls patients from the oncology clinic who have the same type of cancer but who do not have cachexia. The primary diagnosis of the controls should be less than or within 6 months. All the patients should have a biopsy proven the diagnosis of cancer. Non of the patients will have an inflammatory diseases other than cancer or cancer cachexia.

Exclusion Criteria

The primary diagnosis of the controls less than or within 6 months from the diagnosis.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified